Graham Webster
Narrator
The Silk Road (1980)
Season 1
N/A
Released April 7, 1980
Episode 50 min
2+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.marketplace, imdb.travel, imdb.1650s, imdb.indigenous-culture, imdb.journey, imdb.culture, imdb.silk-road
Production Companies: NHK, CCTV
Network: NHK
S1E1 - Glories of Ancient Chang-An
In "The Glories of Ancient Chang-An," you'll visit the starting point of the Silk Road.
Chang-An, the world's largest city in the seventh century, you'll see the incredibe clay army. Buried for almost 2,000 years, the discovery of these 6,000 statues is an archaeological triumph, and The Silk Road crew were the first foreigners allowed to photograph it.
Thrill at the sculptures buried in the world's largest tomb. And then, enter China's most hallowed Buddhist temple, and examine the hidden underground murals of a legendary princess, and walk the only man-made object visible from outer space, The Great Wall of China.
April 7, 1980, midnight
S1E2 - A Thousand Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River
In "A Thousand Kilometers Beyond the Yellow River," you'll cross the Yellow River in a goat skin raft. Gaze in awe at the same giant Buddha that Marco Polo saw 700 years ago.
Look with amazement at the giant water wheels that irrigate miles of Chinese croplands, and visit the secret caves of Bing Lui Si, never before photographed by a television crew.
Then, transverse the Forbidden Corridor between the mountains and the Gobi Desert, where the Huns battled the Chinese for control over the most prized horses in the world.
May 5, 1980, midnight
S1E3 - The Art Gallery in the Desert
June 2, 1980, midnight
S1E4 - The Dark Castle
June 7, 1980, midnight
S1E5 - In Search of the Kingdom of Lou-Lan
Aug. 4, 1980, midnight
S1E6 - Across the Taklamakan Desert
Sept. 1, 1980, midnight
S1E7 - Khotan-Oasis of Silk and Jade
Oct. 6, 1980, midnight
S1E8 - A Heat Wave Called Turfan
Nov. 3, 1980, midnight
S1E9 - Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail
Dec. 1, 1980, midnight
S1E10 - Journey into Music-South Through the Tian Shan Mountains
Jan. 5, 1981, midnight
S1E11 - Where Horses Fly Like the Wind
Feb. 2, 1981, midnight
S1E12 - Two Roads to the Pamirs
March 2, 1981, midnight
NHK
50 min/ep
1750 min
April 7, 1980
Sept. 3, 1984, midnight
Ended
TV-G / 2+
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